AutoUtility currently tracks 6 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2020 Volvo V60. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 3 complaints (50% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 6 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (3 reports • 50% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Brakes & Traction Control (3), Fuel & Propulsion System (1)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2020 Volvo V60
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Electrical System
NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #25V179000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- Campaign #21V414000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Brakes & Traction Control
Fuel & Propulsion System
Air Bags & Restraints
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2020 Volvo V60
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"Me and my partners safety was put at risk when the vehicle’s high pressure fuel pump went out, shut the car down, and left us stranded in the middle of two lane traffic. What was scarier was how the vehicle couldn’t be manually overridden to shift into neutral to push the vehicle to safety away..."
"THE MAIN DRIVER INFORMATION DISPLAY WENT BLANK WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. IMPORTANT OPERATING INFORMATION SUCH VEHICLE SPEED, TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS, FUEL REMAINING ETC., WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE DRIVER. THE CENTER DISPLAY FOR THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAS ALSO GONE BLANK TWICE WHILE OPERATING THE..."
"The brake rotors exceed the manufacturers run out specifications and tolerances. This has been happening vehicles as early as 2018 model year. In my specific case I bought the car with 3600 miles on it as a certified vehicle from a Volvo dealership. On my drive home I could feel the braking..."
"WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 60 DEGREES I RECEIVE A "BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTION" NOTICE AND WHEN LOOKING AT THE BRAKE LIGHTS THE 3RD CHSML SEEMS TO BE DIMMER THEN NORMAL. ONLY HAPPENS AT LOWER TEMPERATURES. THIS HAPPENS WHEN FIRST STARTED."
"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 VOLVO V60. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED INDEPENDENTLY BRAKING WITH THE CITY SAFETY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS..."
Complaint History for Volvo V60
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Volvo V60 | 21 | 2 | 2 | View 2015 Problems → |
| 2016 Volvo V60 | 13 | 0 | 4 | View 2016 Problems → |
| 2017 Volvo V60 | 6 | 0 | 6 | View 2017 Problems → |
| 2018 Volvo V60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 Volvo V60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | View 2019 Problems → |
| 2020 Volvo V60 Current Page | 6 | 0 | 3 | Current |
| 2021 Volvo V60 | 3 | 0 | 3 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 Volvo V60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | View 2022 Problems → |
| 2023 Volvo V60 | 3 | 1 | 4 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Volvo V60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Volvo V60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | View 2025 Problems → |
| 2026 Volvo V60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2020 Volvo V60
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 5 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)
Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
Pedestrian alert sounds
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight ra...
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
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